RAPTORES. 



LONG-EARED OWL. 



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ST RIG ID /E. 



LONG-EARED OWL. 



Strix oUis, 



Long-eared Owl, Penn. Brit. Zool. vol. i. p. 258. 

 ,, ,, Montagu, Ornith. Diet. 



Bewick, Brit. Birds, vol. i. p. 60. 

 Flem. Brit. An. p. 56. 

 Selby, Brit. Ornith. vol. i. p. 85. 

 ,, ,, Jenyns, Man. Brit. Vert. p. 91. 



,, ,, Gould, Birds of Europe, pt. viii. 



Hibou moyen Due, Temm. Man. d'Ornilh. vol. i. p. 102. 



Otus vulgaris, Long Hum ,, 

 ,, ,, Long-eared ,, 



Strix otus, 



Otus. Generic Characters. — Head furnished with two tufts, more or less 

 elongated. Beak curved, bending from the base ; cere large ; under mandible 

 notched. Nostrils oval, oblique. Facial disk complete. Auditory opening 

 large, covered by an operculum. Wings long ; the second quill-feather gene- 

 rally the longest. Legs and toes feathered to the claws. 



The Long-eared Owl, from the variety and beauty of 

 the markings on its plumage, is a very handsome species, and 

 though probably not numerous anywhere, is by no means 



